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I have ordered the cable in the link and will see what faults come up. In answer to the various questions: 1. Typo - it is the 115bhp model 2. What is "Seatkids Italian tune up"? 3. No smoke so hopefully not the turbo then 4. When it went into limp mode it still revs (when not in gear) as high as it should when the accelerator is pressed but is gutless when driving. For example, even when the accelerator is to the floor, I never get more than 2,500 rpm before the limiter kicks in. Most moderate hills can only be tackled in 2nd gear and at around 2500rpm and 20mph. To add to my joy, the boot will no longer shut either! I have found an excellent couple of threads on the fault (electrical wire break) but as tends to be my luck, I cannot seem to find where the break is! Hey, ho, such is life. Thank you so much for all who have taken the time to give suggestions and reply - it is HUGELY appreciated and has given me hope that perhaps there is light at the end of the tunnel!

Thanks guys, will give the above ideas a try and see what happens. What would the symptoms of a knackered trubo be? Are the same as above, hence the difficulty in diagnosing the problem?

First of all, please forgive my laymans terms as I am not very mechanically literate! I have a 2001 1.9TDI Zetec 110(?)HP Galaxy MkII - in silver just to make the details complete :) About 18 months ago, I was driving along the motorway at around 70mph and needed to overtake a vehicle so I slowly accelerated. I then felt a definite "wall" and the car would not accelerate further - as if a limiter had cut in. I "limped" along to my destination (an army barracks in Licolnshire) and parked the car up for 6 months whilst I went to play in the sand as the on-base MT section would not even look at it as it is not an MoD vehicle. Various folk advised me that the head gasket had gone so prior to coming home a local garage agreed to collect the car and do whatever was necessary. They said it was not the head gasket but the MAF. They had replaced it but said the vehicle needed a software reset by Ford to make the problem go away. I limped the car home and took it to a Ford dealer who said it was the turbo - the waste gate was seized. Not willing to accept their kindly £1200 quote to replace said turbo, I went to a more accomodating chap who took off the turbo and said it was all moving freely with no obvious faults. He replaced the temp sensor as that was one of the faults shown on the diagnostics and he also replaced 4 fuel valves/controllers of some sort (forgive my ignorance) that he said could also be an issue. None of these made any difference and I am now the best part of £1500 lighter from the various garages and their efforts and the problem remains. On the rare occasion that I have attempted to pass another vehicle (obviously there is very little engine acceleration), a couple of times the engine has cut completely and defaulted to engine idle revs only, like an over=speed limiter has cut in, which has been a bit embarrassing. If I switch the engine off and restart, that particular problem goes away but I am permanently in "limp mode" - the car I mean, not me!!!! I have looked through the forum and the FAQ but to be honest I am a bit bewildered by where to go next. My questions are thus: 1. Does driving in "Limp Mode" cause long term damage or is it merely an inconvenience? (It is permanent, not intermittent). 2. Any other easy fix suggestions to try such as a simple "replace fuse XX"? 3. Is it likely that spraying the "10X" cleaner is going to make a difference? 4. Any advice whatsoever (other than buy a new vehicle)? I love the Galaxy and would only ever replace it with another one but I just need to get this one fixed properly as I am convinced it must be something straight forward. HELP!

Hi Guys! This is my first post so please be gentle.... I have trawled through the FAQ's and done a search but no exact same topics could be found. The problem is thus: Accelerating past a very slow truck at approx 50mph, 4th gear, the power dropped off to idle revs only (c.1000rpm). Input from accelerator made no difference. Glow plug light began flashing too. I coasted to a halt and the engine was still running at idle. I switched off the engine counted to ten, restarted and all was well again and the flashing plug light was no longer lit. Car has driven well enough all day although I was a bit anxious of a repeat. Prio to this I have noticed a couple of times that at higher revs the power seems to bottom out. usually around the 3,000 rpm mark and that the glow plug light is often very slow to extinguish when waiting to start and when this happens, the engine starts with a brief surge of around 2,00rpm. I'm not sure if there is just one fault or several so any advice appreciated. Vehicle model is 2001 Galaxy 1.9TDi Zetec.